Wait, Is it really "LSD" ??? Now you got me confused cuz in your sign. it says "LSD" too.

Now it is a LSD-3. It was bought as a LCD-3. It was annoying to wear. Weight distribution was annoying. Clamping force was annoying and the sound was somewhat closed. Had to do lot of messing around with the headband, earpads to get it just right. Had to modify a beyer headband for it to work perfectly with the Audeze headband. Perfect weight distribution now. Also doesn't slip off my head. Had to go out and get some leather cream for the earpads. Really softened them up. First tried bending the headband manually, but it wasn't the best approach and it kept returning to original form. Had to use some tools to get that to settle in and stay that way permanently. It's pretty much perfect right now in terms of weight and comfort. Far more comforting than HE-500 ever was. Treble, soundstage and air opened up a lot as well due to reduced clamping, better angling and better fit. At times music even sounded bright...like that's insane for an Audeze model to even happen. It was nearly a Hifiman. I reduced it a bit so it's just at the near perfect spot. It works really, really well with Emotiva now. Back in summer, it sounded a bit boring. Definitely improved. Even a BHA-1 at that time couldn't bring much excitement since I had HE-500 as a reference. Right now everything is on point, but if something starts pissing me off, I'll mod the earcups next and the fabric. I have a few schemes in my head that I'll try during winter break.

Now it is a LSD-3. It was bought as a LCD-3. It was annoying to wear. Weight distribution was annoying. Clamping force was annoying and the sound was somewhat closed. Had to do lot of messing around with the headband, earpads to get it just right. Had to modify a beyer headband for it to work perfectly with the Audeze headband. Perfect weight distribution now. Also doesn't slip off my head. Had to go out and get some leather cream for the earpads. Really softened them up. First tried bending the headband manually, but it wasn't the best approach and it kept returning to original form. Had to use some tools to get that to settle in and stay that way permanently. It's pretty much perfect right now in terms of weight and comfort. Far more comforting than HE-500 ever was. Treble, soundstage and air opened up a lot as well due to reduced clamping, better angling and better fit. At times music even sounded bright...like that's insane for an Audeze model to even happen. It was nearly a Hifiman. I reduced it a bit so it's just at the near perfect spot. It works really, really well with Emotiva now. Back in summer, it sounded a bit boring. Definitely improved. Even a BHA-1 at that time couldn't bring much excitement since I had HE-500 as a reference. Right now everything is on point, but if something starts pissing me off, I'll mod the earcups next and the fabric. I have a few schemes in my head that I'll try during winter break.

That's hardly enough modification to call it a different name

By your naming logic, I should be calling my headphones Hifijerg JG-j5e0r0g now.

By your naming logic, I should be calling my headphones Hifijerg JG-j5e0r0g now.

I kid, I kid..

Little on paper perhaps, but definitely spent a lot of time just getting it to be perfect for me. The challenge was to maintain the consistency from day to day without needing to modify or touch up on anything. One thing I hated with Hifiman and even LCD-2 back when I had them was that I always had to readjust every few minutes for some reason. I pretty much eliminated that completely. It's little things but accumulate to huge changes in enjoyment. I can do a full 80 min CD without having to readjust at all. I could never come close to that with HE-500 or LCD-2 in the year I had it for.

I do share this impression with you but I have also heard from different people that you need time to open up to LCD2.
With HE500, I didn't have to do any of that. Rocking since day 1.

I bought LCD2rev2 used and find them too dark for me. I keep telling myself that maybe I should adapt to them for a while or maybe the treble will increase after quite a while. Keep listening to them for a week without going back to HE500. In the end of the week I listened to HE500 and I feel Damn this is the right one for me.
I listened to them through EF5, Musical Fidelity speaker amp and straight from MDAC. Same results.
It's a wonder how each of us preferred something differently.

also the HE-500 is a nice headphone but i wouldn't consider it to be "more tonally balanced and correct", that title goes to the HE-6.

the HE-500 is a very good headphone, fun, musical, but it is colored and isn't exactly a "correct" or natural tone. its just pleasing to listen to due to its smoothness and warmth. how far the jerg pads go to improve that, i don't know, but the headphone will still have its inherent sound signature and colorations.

also the HE-500 is a nice headphone but i wouldn't consider it to be "more tonally balanced and correct", that title goes to the HE-6.

the HE-500 is a very good headphone, fun, musical, but it is colored and isn't exactly a "correct" or natural tone. its just pleasing to listen to due to its smoothness and warmth. how far the jerg pads go to improve that, i don't know, but the headphone will still have its inherent sound signature and colorations.

In comparison to LCD2 it sure is, IMO. HE-500 sure has some colorations, but it's not far from neutral. Actually many people think it's a quite neutral headphone, including David Mahler and Tyll, and I agree with them.

In comparison to LCD2 it sure is, IMO. HE-500 sure has some colorations, but it's not far from neutral. Actually many people think it's a quite neutral headphone, including David Mahler and Tyll, and I agree with them.

also the HE-500 is a nice headphone but i wouldn't consider it to be "more tonally balanced and correct", that title goes to the HE-6.

the HE-500 is a very good headphone, fun, musical, but it is colored and isn't exactly a "correct" or natural tone. its just pleasing to listen to due to its smoothness and warmth. how far the jerg pads go to improve that, i don't know, but the headphone will still have its inherent sound signature and colorations.

I disagree. The earpad mod introduces sweeping changes to the midrange/treble behaviour that do change the inherent sound signature/colourations of HE500. HE500's colourations are 99% in its upper mids/treble region anyhow (it is largely flat between 30 Hz and 1kHz in measurements). The result is one of the most well-behaved/neutral set of frequency response and decay measurements I've seen.